COPConocoPhillips
- Employees
- 9,900
- Headquarters
- Houston, TX
- Next results
- around Feb 4, 2027
What the 10-K filed 2026-02-17 says about risks that are not on the face of the balance sheet, from the notes to the financial statements, Legal Proceedings and the MD&A (and, for big customers and key suppliers, Business and Risk Factors). Tickdelta picks sentences with specifics (amounts, accruals, covenant ratios) and quotes them as filed. New marks a sentence with nothing like it in the 10-K filed 2025-02-18.
Big customers
Customers the company names as a large share of revenue or receivables (it must name any worth 10% of revenue).
No specific sentence about this in the 10-K.
Key suppliers
Parts or manufacturing that depend on one or a few suppliers.
No specific sentence about this in the 10-K.
Lawsuits and legal claims
1 newPending cases, settlements and what the company has set aside for them.
“We are subject to various lawsuits and claims, including but not limited to matters involving oil and gas royalty and severance tax payments, gas measurement and valuation methods, contract disputes, environmental damages, climate change, personal injury and property damage.”
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“Based on professional judgment and experience in using these litigation management tools and available information about current developments in all our cases, our legal organization regularly assesses the adequacy of current accruals and determines if adjustment of existing accruals, or establishment of new accruals, is required.”
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“These accruals for uncertain tax positions are subject to a significant amount of judgment and are reviewed and adjusted on a periodic basis in light of changing facts and circumstances considering the progress of ongoing tax audits, court proceedings, changes in applicable tax laws, including tax case rulings and legislative guidance, or expiration of the applicable statute of limitations.”
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New “Beginning in 2017, governmental entities and individuals in several states/territories in the U.S. have filed lawsuits against oil and gas companies, including ConocoPhillips, seeking compensatory damages and equitable relief to abate alleged climate change related impacts.”
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“Several Louisiana parishes and the State of Louisiana have filed numerous lawsuits under Louisiana’s State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act (SLCRMA) against oil and gas companies, including ConocoPhillips, seeking compensatory damages for contamination and erosion of the Louisiana coastline allegedly caused by historical oil and gas operations.”
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Guarantees and indemnities
Promises to pay someone else's debts or losses if they cannot.
“Our maximum exposure under this guarantee is approximately $210 million and may become payable if an enforcement action is commenced by the project finance lenders against APLNG.”
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“Our maximum potential liability for future payments, or cost of volume delivery, under these guarantees is estimated to be $600 million ($1.0 billion in the event of intentional or reckless breach) and would become payable if APLNG fails to meet its obligations under these agreements and the obligations cannot otherwise be mitigated.”
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“Our maximum potential amount of future payments related to these guarantees is approximately $520 million and would become payable if APLNG does not perform.”
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“These guarantees have two years remaining, and the maximum potential future payments related to these guarantees is approximately $116 million.”
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“We have other guarantees with maximum future potential payment amounts totaling approximately $580 million, which consist primarily of guarantees of the residual value of leased office buildings and guarantees of the residual value of corporate aircraft.”
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Debt covenants
Conditions in loan agreements that, if broken, can make debt due early.
No specific sentence about this in the 10-K.
Commitments off the balance sheet
Contracts the company must pay for later: purchase obligations, take-or-pay deals.
“At December 31, 2025 and 2024, we had direct bank letters of credit of $331 million and $278 million, respectively, which secured performance obligations related to various purchase commitments incident to the ordinary conduct of business.”
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“In addition, at December 31, 2025, we had performance obligations secured by letters of credit of $331 million (issued as direct bank letters of credit) related to various purchase commitments for materials, supplies, commercial activities and services incident to the ordinary conduct of business.”
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